How To Remove The "Windows Network Connections" Icon From The System Tray?
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August 13th, 2007
I know you can hide it - but it always comes back when i turn on my computer and i have to hide it once again. Any way I can completely remove the icon from the system tray?
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Right click the task bar and select 'Properties'. Under the 'Taskbar' tab there should be a section entitled 'Notification Area'. Click the button 'Customise...' The 'Windows Network Connections' icon should be there. Click on it and a drop down on the 'Behaviour' column should appear. Select 'Always hide'. Then click 'OK' and 'Apply'.
If that's what you've been doing all along then I'm afraid I don't know how else to hide it!
yes i have done it a million times and it always shows up after i restart my computer
I haven't used Windows in a while, but have you tried right-clicking on the network icon, selecting properties, and unchecking "always show icon when connected"?
@loupus - thanks that worked
How To Remove “Network Connections” icon from task area (beside the clock – bottom right corner)
Open “Network Connections”. Right click on your connection and select ‘Properties’. At the bottom are two check boxes.
First: “Show Icon Notification Area Connected”
Second: “Notify When Limited Or No Connectivity”
Uncheck the “Show Icon Notification Area Connected” box. Also if you don’t use an internet connection and don’t care to see the computer icon with the red x beside the clock, uncheck the “Limited Or No Connectivity” box.
I left the second box (Limited Or No Connectivity) checked off because my connection is permanent to the net.
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